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Term 4, 2016

We trust Term 4 is going well for you and your students. Hopefully, assessments and reports are out of the way and you can enjoy the final few weeks with your students.

There are a few 'end-of-year' writing ideas in our resources section of the website. The Snowman by Raymond Briggs is a lovely video to share and then use as motivation for writing. Check out the PowerPoint and other resources.

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Carmel Marshall (North East Valley Normal School) has been using the 'Would you rather ...?' talk topics (PM55) as motivation for writing with her five-year-olds.

Carmel said: 'They started off a bit hesitant, but they now LOVE this, and it is a great way to get them to express their opinions without it being considered right or wrong. I use this technique once a week as a stimulus for writing.'

In the sample above, the question is: Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly?

Class poem about a special end-of-year event

Here's a writing idea for the end of the year. The class collectively writes a poem about a special end of year event. This is based on an idea by Robyn English in Tadpoles in the Torrens: Poems for young readers, Teachers’ Edition, edited by Jude Aquilina, Wakefield Press, 2016.